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The Infatuations, by Javier Marias. (Alfred A. Knopf, 2013). Breakfasting daily at a Madrid café where she observes fellow patrons, María Dolz offers condolences to a widow whose husband has been shockingly murdered, an act that leads to a new relationship and disturbing insights into the crime.

The Infatuations finally translated into English. Must read.

The Infatuations: Javier Marias, Margaret Jull Costa: "From the award-winning Spanish writer Javier Marías comes an extraordinary new book that has been a literary sensation around the world: an immersive, provocative novel propelled by a seemingly random murder that we come to understand—or do we?—through one woman’s ever-unfurling imagination and infatuations."